Here is my dilemna. A close friend of mine is trying to get a girl to come in Canada from Indonesia. He "met" her throught a friend of a friend, whose wife is from Indonesia. She is trying to get her whole family in Canada, but for some weird reason, they cannot sponsor them (the husband is filthy rich, but I believe it's dirty money and I know he has a criminal record...anyway, just to say, they are not people I would trust). She already had one sister come in Canada, by marrying a guy and divorcing him a year later. Last, my friend's friend, let's call him "Jack" asked him if he'd like to do 5000$ real quick, and have fun doing it. Of course my friend was curious about this offer. So Jack told him he would give his phone number to a friend of his, and that this guy could help him make the money. So my friend received this call from that guy that I'll call "Adam". Adam first asked my friend if he was married to someone, to which my friend said no (which is true). Adam them proceed to ask him if he'd like to be paid 5000$ to marry one of his wife's sister so she can emigrate to Canada. My friend, being the sweet naive thing that he his, agreed, thinking it was an easy way to make some money.
My friend came to me all happy about this unexpected money coming his way, and how it would help his ailling business (he was a bit tight since his business didn't worked as well as it used to be, and Jack knew this). I told him how it was a bad idea, and lectured him about all the trouble he could get into. He told Jack about this, and Jack reassured him that it was safe, and the only reason he didn't do it himself was because he was already married, and it would cost him more than 5000$ in alimony to his wife, so I wasn't worth it. After this, my friend became very defensive each time I tried to discuss the subject. One day, he snapped and told me I was lying to him, I was telling bulls**t because Adam told him everything was perfectly safe and that Adam knew what to do since he made such arrangement more than a dozen time. I decided to stay quiet and just observe how the situation was evolving. Maybe 6 month later, my friend receive a call from Adam, telling him the girl would come in Canada to visit her two sister and that he would arrange for the two of them to meet. So my friend went to their family dinner, where he was introduced to the girl, who I'll call "Ada". He later told me that he slept with Ada this night, because she told him to "try her" and "see if he'd like what would become his".
After that, she went back to indonesia, and they started sending emails to each others, and chatting on facebook. I was able to read some of those messages (my friend still believe there is nothing wrong with what he's doing). It's always my friend telling her how he miss her, and she only send generic "i miss u too" response. Now, he tells me he's in love with her, and he cannot wait to next december when she come to visit the country again. He wants her to come live here, he wants to bring her here. I told him he was getting cheated and manipulated by this girl and her family, and even his friend. The girl doesn't have any education, she barely speak english, she doesn't have a job (Jack gives money to everyone in the family and they live in apparent luxury. The girl's facebook show lots and lots picture of her shopping in expensives malls, buying expensive things, etc.) She told him she want kids with him, and that if they have kids, the Canadian governement will leave them alone and there won't be any danger of him getting persecuted. So now, my friend, who always stated that he didn't want to have kids is looking forward to have some with this girl he met once. From what I understand, their plan is that in December, they'll try to get her pregnant, and then he'll marry her and they'll live happily ever after... I tried to reasone him, to make him see how wrong it was, but now he tells me he's in love, and that Jack will give him the 5K$ in cash so the governement won't be able to know he was paid.
Sorry for the long post, but I love my friend dearly. He's a good guy, albeight a bit naive and too trusting. Right now he's in a rough spot, he had to close his business and now work at a minimum wage job. He doesn't own a house, he rents a bedroom in one of his coworker's house. I'm afraid the perspective of an easy 5000$ plus the belief that Ada is madly in love with him is stronger than any rational argument I can make. He helped me a lot when I needed it, and I can't let him be abused like this and do nothing, even if I know he'll be mad against me. Is there a way I can help prevent this from happening. I only found information about reporting citizenship fraud on the government website. Thanks in advance for your help everybody !
My friend came to me all happy about this unexpected money coming his way, and how it would help his ailling business (he was a bit tight since his business didn't worked as well as it used to be, and Jack knew this). I told him how it was a bad idea, and lectured him about all the trouble he could get into. He told Jack about this, and Jack reassured him that it was safe, and the only reason he didn't do it himself was because he was already married, and it would cost him more than 5000$ in alimony to his wife, so I wasn't worth it. After this, my friend became very defensive each time I tried to discuss the subject. One day, he snapped and told me I was lying to him, I was telling bulls**t because Adam told him everything was perfectly safe and that Adam knew what to do since he made such arrangement more than a dozen time. I decided to stay quiet and just observe how the situation was evolving. Maybe 6 month later, my friend receive a call from Adam, telling him the girl would come in Canada to visit her two sister and that he would arrange for the two of them to meet. So my friend went to their family dinner, where he was introduced to the girl, who I'll call "Ada". He later told me that he slept with Ada this night, because she told him to "try her" and "see if he'd like what would become his".
After that, she went back to indonesia, and they started sending emails to each others, and chatting on facebook. I was able to read some of those messages (my friend still believe there is nothing wrong with what he's doing). It's always my friend telling her how he miss her, and she only send generic "i miss u too" response. Now, he tells me he's in love with her, and he cannot wait to next december when she come to visit the country again. He wants her to come live here, he wants to bring her here. I told him he was getting cheated and manipulated by this girl and her family, and even his friend. The girl doesn't have any education, she barely speak english, she doesn't have a job (Jack gives money to everyone in the family and they live in apparent luxury. The girl's facebook show lots and lots picture of her shopping in expensives malls, buying expensive things, etc.) She told him she want kids with him, and that if they have kids, the Canadian governement will leave them alone and there won't be any danger of him getting persecuted. So now, my friend, who always stated that he didn't want to have kids is looking forward to have some with this girl he met once. From what I understand, their plan is that in December, they'll try to get her pregnant, and then he'll marry her and they'll live happily ever after... I tried to reasone him, to make him see how wrong it was, but now he tells me he's in love, and that Jack will give him the 5K$ in cash so the governement won't be able to know he was paid.
Sorry for the long post, but I love my friend dearly. He's a good guy, albeight a bit naive and too trusting. Right now he's in a rough spot, he had to close his business and now work at a minimum wage job. He doesn't own a house, he rents a bedroom in one of his coworker's house. I'm afraid the perspective of an easy 5000$ plus the belief that Ada is madly in love with him is stronger than any rational argument I can make. He helped me a lot when I needed it, and I can't let him be abused like this and do nothing, even if I know he'll be mad against me. Is there a way I can help prevent this from happening. I only found information about reporting citizenship fraud on the government website. Thanks in advance for your help everybody !
